Dhgate and Tradetang look like a scam

me: why are the shipping costs to The *herlands (holland) so expensive? i thought it was free shipping..?

seller: hi dear friend ,
first of all ,thank you for your support and friendliness ,
yes ,you know currently it is hard to send them to your country by ems ,moreover the shipping cost to your country is almost doubled compared with to most europe countries .
if there are something alse i can do for you ,pls let me know .i will try my best for you .
i am looking forward to your response to my letter .
thanks and best regards
your sincerely
peter

me: how much are the shpping costs?

seller: hi,dear friend.
you need to pay 60 USD more for the shipping cost.
if there are sth else i can do for you,pls let me know.
thanks and best regards
yours sincerely
peter

me: so if i order 100 items shipping will be 60 USD?

seller: hi,dear friend.
if you order 100 items,you need to pay at least 50USD.i am looking forward to your responst to my letter.
thanks a lot for your support.
thanks and best regards
yours sincerely
peter

Okay first of all im not his friend.. I have never heard of chinese people with the name Peter.. but hey whatever

as always , excellent seller, products, and commmunication, very very smoothie with the shipping and fast and safty, 5 starts, thank you peter
as always , excellent seller, products, and commmunication, very very smoothie with the shipping and fast and safty, 5 starts, thank you peter

Just like working with anyone else, you have to do your homework. There are just as many scammers right here in the good ole USA.

Nothing is 100% safe but you can get a good idea by doing some homework. Check out their feeback, take a look at their website, do Whois search on it, talk to potential sellers on IM, have them send you samples (this is important). Just don't go rushing out to send them $xxxx because they give you a good price. Then once you negotiate on a price pay them with Credit card or CC thru Paypal so you have some protection. DON'T use bank wire or western union. Even the Chinese escrows can screw you over. If they don't take CC or CC through PP then move on.

I have successfully found good, reliable and cheap Chinese suppliers. Sometimes you have to talk to several, compare samples because there can be a huge difference in quality from seller to seller. It takes work and a little effort but pays off in the end.

I got an Ipod Touch clone from tradetang, I was hoping it would be a bit better, but for $50 with shipping I guess you get what you pay for. If you want to make a selling on Ebay it is very good and I would use it again.

But don't think if something goes wrong they will help you out, they always back the sellers on there, always.

I ordered some Box DVD set from DHGate and did get the packages but the quality of the boxing was too poor to consider reselling. Does anyone know good sellers on DHGate that have high quality Box sets? Please PM me.

as always , excellent seller, products, and commmunication, very very smoothie with the shipping and fast and safty, 5 starts, thank you peter
as always , excellent seller, products, and commmunication, very very smoothie with the shipping and fast and safty, 5 starts, thank you peter

me: why are the shipping costs to The *herlands (holland) so expensive? i thought it was free shipping..?

seller: hi dear friend ,
first of all ,thank you for your support and friendliness ,
yes ,you know currently it is hard to send them to your country by ems ,moreover the shipping cost to your country is almost doubled compared with to most europe countries .
if there are something alse i can do for you ,pls let me know .i will try my best for you .
i am looking forward to your response to my letter .
thanks and best regards
your sincerely
peter

me: how much are the shpping costs?

seller: hi,dear friend.
you need to pay 60 USD more for the shipping cost.
if there are sth else i can do for you,pls let me know.
thanks and best regards
yours sincerely
peter

me: so if i order 100 items shipping will be 60 USD?

seller: hi,dear friend.
if you order 100 items,you need to pay at least 50USD.i am looking forward to your responst to my letter.
thanks a lot for your support.
thanks and best regards
yours sincerely
peter

Okay first of all im not his friend.. I have never heard of chinese people with the name Peter.. but hey whatever

What do you think?

Click to expand...

The agent who represented TradeTang during my dispute with them was named "Angela". They apparently feel that by giving Anglo-Saxon names to their agents you will feel more comfortable and trusting while actually they are not representing you at all. Their escrow service favors the seller not the buyer and remember, they are not your "friend".
On a nearly $800 purchase order for what I was lead to believe were 2 American made electric guitars, (they sent me counterfeit fakes), I requested a full refund plus return shipping costs. Their response was a "generous offer" of $300 and I would have to pay for return shipping ($450 via UPS International). You do the math.
PayPal would not stand up for me since they ruled it was outside of e-bay when in reality they would lose their handsome fees if they tried.
The time limit was easily exceeded by the merchant and their shipping agent EMS shipping. The merchant has this carefully worked out so it will.
This site was a total scam to me using bait and switch tactics to lure me into thinking I would receive genuine merchandise (using photos copied from other sites), then, after the sale is made, shipped out counterfeit merchandise in an unauthorized substitution. I found the same exact pictures of the same exact guitars, including trees in the backround, on DH Gate. I would advise avoiding this site altogether.

me: why are the shipping costs to The *herlands (holland) so expensive? i thought it was free shipping..?

seller: hi dear friend ,
first of all ,thank you for your support and friendliness ,
yes ,you know currently it is hard to send them to your country by ems ,moreover the shipping cost to your country is almost doubled compared with to most europe countries .
if there are something alse i can do for you ,pls let me know .i will try my best for you .
i am looking forward to your response to my letter .
thanks and best regards
your sincerely
peter

me: how much are the shpping costs?

seller: hi,dear friend.
you need to pay 60 USD more for the shipping cost.
if there are sth else i can do for you,pls let me know.
thanks and best regards
yours sincerely
peter

me: so if i order 100 items shipping will be 60 USD?

seller: hi,dear friend.
if you order 100 items,you need to pay at least 50USD.i am looking forward to your responst to my letter.
thanks a lot for your support.
thanks and best regards
yours sincerely
peter

Okay first of all im not his friend.. I have never heard of chinese people with the name Peter.. but hey whatever

What do you think?

Click to expand...

Looks like you never buy anything from China before...

Info about China and chinese people

1 - They like to use the term "my friend" as a business manner to be close to the buyer which they think will make them conformable with the buying.

You will also notice that this term "my friend" is widely use by indians and arabs around the world... You can go to the chinatown in NYC and they will still call you "my friend"

2 - Chinese people likes to simplify businesses by using an English name. I believe it has something to do with the colonization of Hong Kong island by the england until 1997. Many chinese have an english name.

3- Shipping is a pain in the ass if you ship your items from China...
One example: my suppliers got shoes at 10$...
I order 6 shoes..60$... shipping is around 50 to 60$ also...it is normal

Logistically... it is expensive to ship from China... on the other hand if you ship it from Hong Kong you will see a price difference in the shipping..

Note that adblockers might block our captcha, and other functionality on BHW so if you don't see the captcha or see reduced functionality please disable adblockers to ensure full functionality, note we only allow relevant management verified ads on BHW.